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Our 2nd and 5th Grade Backpacks 27 Aug 2013 | 04:33 pm
Have your kids gone back to school yet? Mine start (finally) on Monday, September 9th. They’ll be sporting these new backpacks: R. (starting 5th grade): Pastel plaid backpack by PB Teen (now sold o...
NY Now: Judging the Best New Baby & Child Products 26 Aug 2013 | 04:16 pm
I was honored to be selected again as a judge at NY Now (formerly the New York International Gift Fair) to choose the best new products in the Baby & Child Division. You can read who won here but I w...
Free Shipping Today Only at Hanna Andersson 25 Aug 2013 | 03:49 pm
Good news for Hanna Andersson fans–you’ll get Free Shipping Today Only (click to activate). Any order, no matter how big or small, will ship for free. Since shipping is often $10 or more at Hanna, thi...
Flashback Friday: What’s Cooking? 23 Aug 2013 | 05:16 pm
Editor’s Note: This post was first published in December 2010. All of these play kitchens are still available! I noticed that another Google search that leads people here often is for toy play kitc...
Storage You Can Bank On 22 Aug 2013 | 11:57 pm
This summer, I really needed to get some new toy storage for S’s room. I’m embarrassed to admit that we’d been using 10-year-old plastic stacking shelves from Bed & Bath for years–I figured now that h...
Rosh Hashanah Photo Cards 5774 20 Aug 2013 | 04:25 pm
Every autumn, MyMomShops gets new readers via a search for Rosh Hashanah photo cards (you can see my recommendations from past years here and here). This year, those who celebrate the Jewish New Year ...
Double Digits 19 Aug 2013 | 04:37 pm
Happy Birthday to my precious R., who turns 10 years old today. You are beautiful, bright, and brave, and I am so very proud to be your mother!
Shop Report: A&G Merch 16 Aug 2013 | 05:24 pm
A few weeks ago I visited A&G Merch during an outing to Williamsburg (a formerly desolate but now decidedly trendy and upscale Brooklyn nabe for those of you who don’t live near NYC….). I had heard t...
Tiny Tinkers 15 Aug 2013 | 04:11 pm
Here’s a cute baby or toddler gift that I read about in Earnshaw’s. Tiny Tinkers is a clothing line for infants and toddlers that lets little ones sample different personas–everything from baker to ar...
Blackout 14 Aug 2013 | 04:10 pm
Ten years ago today, the lights went out in NYC in the middle of the afternoon. I was thirty-six weeks pregnant with my daughter, on bedrest, and hoping that I wouldn’t go into labor (fortunately, R. ...